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fRANK St BLACKS SPEEC
Nominating Roosevelt at Re
publican Convention
Not a Stranger Waiting in the
Shade to be Called Into
Public Life
Mr President and gentlemen of the
Convention We are here to inaugu
rate a campaign which seems already
to be nearly closed So wisely have
the people sowed and watched and
tended there seems little now to d o
but to measure up the grain They
are ranging themselves not for bat
tle but for harvest In one colum
reaching from the Maine woods to
the Puget Sound are those people
and those States which have stood so
long together that when great erne
gencies arise the nation turns In
stinctively towards them In this
column vast and solid Is a majorlt
so overwhelming that the scattere
squads In opposition can hardly raise
another army The enemy have
neither guns nor ammunition and If
they had they would use them on
each other Destitute of the weap
ons of effective warfare the only ev
idence of approaching battle Is the
tone and number of their bulletins
There is discord among the Generals
discord among the soldiers Each
would fight in his own way but be
fore assaulting his Republican adver
saries he would first destroy his ow
comrades in the adjoining tents
Each believes the weapons chosen by
the other are not only wicked but fa
tal to the holder That is true Thi
is the only war of modern times wher
the boomerang has been substitute
for the gun Whatever fatalities may
occur however among thedlscordan
hosts now moving on St Louis no
harm will come this fall to the Amer
Ican people There will be no oppo
sition sufficient to raise a conflict
There will be hardly enough for com
petition There are no Democratic
plans for the conduct of the fall cam
paign Their zeal is chiefly centered
in discussion as to what Thomas Jef
ferson would do If he were llvlngand
but few of his descendents are among
the Democrat Remnants of today
Whatever of patriotism or wisdom
emanated from that distinguished
man is now represented in this con
ventionIt
It is a sad day for any party when
its only means of solving living is
sues is by guessing at the possible at
titude of a statesman who Is dead
This condition leaves that party al
ways a beginner and makes every
question new The Democratic par
ty has seldom tried a problem on its
own account and when it has its
blunders have been its only monu
ments its courage is remembered on
ly with regret As long as these
things are recalled that party may
serve as ballast but It will never
steer the ship
THE DEMOBRATIC MOTTO PORGET
When all the people have forgotten
will dawn a golden era for this new
Democracy But the country is not
ready yet to place a party in the lead
whose most expressive motto Is the
cheerless word forget That mot
to may express contrition but It does
not inspire hope Neither confidence
nor enthusiasm will ever be aroused
by any party which enters each cam
paign uttering the language of the
mournerThere
There is one fundamental plank
however on which the two great I
parties are in full agreement Both i
believe in the equality of men The I
difference I s that the Democratic par I
ty would nake every man as low as I
the poorest while the Republican
party would make every man as high I
as the best But the Democratic
course will provoke no outside inter
ference now for the Republican mot
to is that of the great commander
never Interrupt the enemy while he I
is making a mistakeI
In politics as in other fields the
most impressive arguments spring
from contrast Never has there been
a more striking example of un
ity than is now afforded by this
assemblage You are gethered here
not as factions torn by discordant
views but moved by one desire and
intent you have come as the chosen
representatives of the most enlight
ened party of the world You meet
not as strangers for no men are
strangers who hold the same cause
You may separate two bodies of wat
er for a thonsand years but when
once the barrier is removed they I
mingle instantly and are one The
same traditions inspire and the meas
I
purpose actuate us all Never In out
lives did these people stand with
deeper root than now At least two
generations have passed away since
the origin of that great movement
from which sprang the spirit whic
has been the leading Impulse hI Ii
i
I
American politics for hall a century I
In that movement which was both aI
creation and example were thrse
t
great characters which endowed the
Republican party at its birth with I
the attributes of justice equality And
progress which have held It to this
hour in line with the highest senti
ment of mankind From these men
we have Inherited the desire and tc I
their memory we owe the resolution
that those great schemes of govern
ment and humanity Inspired by their
patriotism and established by their
blood shall remain as the fixed nu
permanent emblem of their labors
and the abiding signal of the llbert
and progress of the race
RKPUAIICANS NEVER PAIL IN
CRISES
There are many new names In
these days but the Republican par
ty needs no new title It stands now
where it stood at the beginning
Memory alone is needed to tell the
source from which the inspiration 01
the country flow A drowsy memo I
ry would be as guilty now as a sleep
ing watchman when the sleepI
astir The name of the Republican
party stands over every door where a
righteous cause was born Its mem
bers have gathered around ever move
ment no matter how weak if in
spired by high resolve Its flag InI
more than fifty years has been the I
sign of hope on every spot where lib
erty was the word The party need I
no new name or platform to designat i
its purpose It is now as it has been
equipped militant and in beenI
The problems of every age that age
ageI
must solve Great causes impose
great demands but never in any en I
terprise have the Ameriaan people I
fa Ileda d never in any crises has the
Republican party failed to express I
the conscience and intelligence oft
that people I
The Republican mind is awake I
both as to its opportunities and its
dangers Nowhere in the world Ini
any era did citizenship mean more
than It means today in America
I Men of courage and steady character I
are ranging themselves together i
I
rlth a unanimity seldom seen Then
Is no excuse for groping in the dark I
for the light is plain to him who w l11
but raise his eyes The American I
eople believe In a man or party that i
has convictions and knows wbyI
C hey believe that what experience has I
roved it Is idle to resist A wise
man is any fool about to die But II
there is a wisdom which with good I
fortune may guide the living and
trong That wisdom springs from
reason observation and experience
Guided by these this thing is plain
and the young men may rely upon it
that the history and purposes I have
described rising even to the essence I
and aspirations of patriotism find
their best concrete example In the findI
eer and doctrines of the Republican
partyt
partyBut
But not alone upon the principles
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of that party are its members In accord
aC1cord
cord With the same devotion which
has marked their adherence to > thes
principles magnificent and emltirinj
as they are they have already single
out the man to bear their standard
and to lead the way No hlghe
badge was ever yet conferred But
great as the honor is the circumstan
ces which surround it make the hone
or even more profound You hav
come from every State and Territory
in this vast domain The country
and the tours have vied with each
other in sending here their contribu
tions to this splendid throng Every
highway in the land is leading here
and crowded with the members of
that great party which sees in this
splendid city the symbol of its rise
and power With this unaxampled
Iand
multitude is every rank and condition
of free men every creed and occupa
tion But tOday a common purpose
and desire have engaged us all and
from every nol k and corner ot the
country rises but a single choice to
fill the most exalted office in the
worldROOSEVELT
ROOSEVELT IN PEACE AND WAR
He is no stranger waitln g in the j
shade to be called suddenly into pub
lic light The Amerlran people have i
seen him for many years nnrlal
ways where the light was thickest I
and the greatest need was felt He
has been alike conspicuous in the
pursuits of peace and in the arduous
stress of war No man now living
iwill forget the spring rotj > when
the American mind was so inflamed
land patriotism so aroused when
among all the eager citizens surging
to the front as soldiers the man I
whom this convention has already in
Its heart was among the first to hear
the call and answer to his name Pre
erring peace but not afraid of war
faithful to every private obligation
yet first to volunteer at the sign of
national peril a leader in civil life
and yet so quick to comprehend the
arts of war that he grew almost
In a day to meet the high exactions
of command There is nothing which
so tests a man as great and unexpec I
ted danger He may pass his life
among ordinary scenes and what he I
Is or does but few will ever know
But when the crash comes or the I
lames break out a moments timeI
will single out the hero in the crowd
A flash of lightning in the night will I
reveal what years of daylight have i
not discovered to the eye And so
the flash of the Spanish war revealed
the lofty courage and devotion which
the American heart so loves and I
which you have met again to decorate I
and recognize His qualities do not I
need to be retold for no man in that
exalted place since Lincoln has been
I
better known in every household in
the land He is not conservative If I
conservatism means waiting until it
Is too late He is not wise if wis
lom is to count a thing a hundred
iMes when once will do There is
no regret so keen In man or country
is that which follows an opportunity
inembraced Fortune soars with
high and rapid wing and whoever
rings it down must shoot with accuracy
uracy and speed Only the man
pith steady nerve and courage to pull
the trigger brings the largest oppor
unities to the ground He does not
notI
sagesI
always listen while all the sages
peak but every day at nightfall be
holds some record which j if not com
plete has been at least pursued with
onscience and intrepid resolution
ONE MAN ONLY ROOSEVELT
He is no slender flower swaying in
the wind but the heroic fiber which IP
ett natured by the mountains and
the snow He spends llltle time in
review for that he knows can be
done by the schools A statesman
grappling with the living pr blems
of the hour he gropes but little In
the past He believes that in shap
ing the destination of this great Re
public hope is a brighter impulse
than regret He believes that prepa
ration for future triumphs Is a more
Important duty than an inventory f
past mistakes A profound student
ot history he is to day the greatest
history maker In the world With
the instincts of a scholar he Is yet
forced from the schoars pursuits by
those Kiipurb qualities which lit him
to the list degree for those great
I
world currents now rushing past
with larger volume and more poten
tlous aspects than for many years bs
fore The fate of nations is still decided
I
cided by their wars You may talk
of orderly tribunals and learned refer
ees yon may strike from your botk
the last note of every martial anthem
and yet out in the SlUt k and thun
der will always be the tramp of hor
des and the silent rigid upturned
face Men may prophesy and om
en pray but peace will come here to
abide forever on this earth only when
the dreams of childhood are the ac
cepted charts to guide the destinies
of men Events are nuuberles and
mighty and no man can tell which
wire runs around the world The ela
tion basking today In the quiet of con
tentment and repose may still be on
the deadly circuit and tomorrow
writhing in the toils ot war
This Is the time when great figures
must b kept In trout If the pres
sure Is great the material to resist it
must be granite and iron Whether
we wish It or not America Is abroad
In this world Her interests are in
every street her name Is on every
tongue Those Interests so sacred I
and stupendous should bs trusted I
only to the care of those whose power 1
skill and courage have been tested
and approved And in the teshdI
whom you will chocse the highest
sense of every nation In the worn
beholds a man who typifies as no oth
er living American does the spirit and
the purposes of the twentieth cen I
ury lie don not claim to lie the
Solomon of his time There are I
aany things he may not know but
this is sure that above all things
else he stands for progress cour
age and fair plav which are the
syuonytus of the great American
name
nameThere are times when great fitness
is hardly less than destiny when the
elements so come together that they
select the ngent they will use Ivventf
sometimes select the strongest man
as lightning goes down the highc t
rod And so It Is with those events
which Lr n any months with unerring
sight have led you to a single name
which I am chosen only to j ronouncc
Gentlemen I nominate for President
of the United States the highest liv
ing type of the youth the vigor and
the promise ot a great country and
a great ae Theodore Roasevelt of
New York
Nothing has ever equalled it
Nothing can ever surpass it
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